Yeah the whole town. The information centre was open and I picked up one brochure on the area, it was all a bit Ghost Towny. Quite interesting. After following 'cafe open' signs for a while and not getting anywhere we headed out of town towards Meckering.
Meckering is known by most West Australians for the earthquake that happened back in 1968. Shattering the small town and there are some interesting sights to see, showing you how much damage an earthquake can do.
Railway tracks bent by the earthquake were mind blowing. The big camera is a camera museum.
Ettamogah Pub wasn't open unfortunately but with no-one in sight it was easier for a photo opportunity.
This was our spot in Merredin for a night. The Council have just organised an RV friendly overnight area and the girl at the Information Centre gave us a mud map where to go, advising us to ignore the no camping sign - we did but I'm pretty sure all of the people who parked nearby thought we were naughty peoples.
The overnighter at Merredin is located at Merredin Peaks, we had a great time climbing the rock and seeing how the dam worked. Although the boys aren't spending hours a day doing 'schoolwork', the general knowledge they are experiencing and picking up along the way is incredible.
We had a visitor to our camp spot in Merredin, Terry came and had dinner, a drink and a laugh with us that night. It was wonderful to catch up with him and hear all about his new 'retired' life. Retirement didn't last long. Lucky for us Terry has a house in York and was happy for us to plonk ourselves on his block the next night so we headed for York, set ourselves up behind his amazing hand crafted wall and checked out the town.
The York Car museum is a must see for all car buffs and seeing there are four in our family we headed in for a peek. What a great place. its incredible how many cars are in what seemed to be quite a small space. Mustangs, Beetles, Caddi's, A9X Torana, there were so many historic cars in there the boys were in awe. They even had my old mustard Corolla (although mine wasn't in such good nick).
From York we headed back into Perth for the caravan checkup and a quick goodbye to all.
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